nereli

Gagauz

Etymology

By surface analysis, nere +‎ -li. Compare Turkish nereli

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnereli/
• Hyphenation: ne‧re‧li

Adjective

nereli (not comparable)

1. (interrogative) from where?, used to ask national or racial origin

   nerelisiniz

   where are you from?

   (literally, “are you from where?”)

Further reading

• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 120
• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “nereli”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 344